Speakers

Rita Assogna

European Patent Office Italian Association of Women Inventors and Innovators

Graduated in Chemistry at the Università La Sapienza in Rome, she works in Munich at the European Patent Office (EPO). She is a member of "Donne e Scienza", BPWI (International Federation of Business and Professional Women) and delegate at "Women for Water". She is ITWIIN founder and President, the Inventor and Innovators Italian Women Association. ITWIIN aims to help Italian women to capitalize on their ideas, create new and innovative business through an international network. ITWIIN tries to support women in their work and in particular in the creation of businesses with high technological content, to value economically their search results, and explore areas of interaction. Moreover, ITWIIN is part of the European policies in support of the presence of women in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, creation of patents as well as of technological development.